Observer claims instant motion imaging with Roentgen rays
Edward P. Thompson of Beekman Street New York announces a three step process to observe invisible motions with X rays and fluorescent materials. He cites experiments in Edison's lab and praise from Pupin and Edison, claiming potential to view heart action and digestion through living tissues.
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Edward P. Thompson
Beekman Street
New York
Roentgen
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Pupin
Columbia College
Thomas A. Edigon
Edison
Thompson Asays
Salvioni
Perugia
Rome
New York Sun
Chester Fennimore
Fremont, O
Fenjinmore
Crookes
Cincinnati Enquirer
Two Treasury Messengers Join Belgian Service in Kongo
Eddie Thornton and Tommy Crowley, long time internal revenue messengers, secretly enlisted in the Belgian army to fight in the Kongo. Both men, aged about mid twenties, left their treasury posts with support from colleagues who expect them to gain control of the region if given the chance.
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Carlisle
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Eddie Thornton
Tommy Crowley
Africa
Belgium
Messrs. Thornton
Crowley
Thornton
Isaac Thornton
Kearsarge
Alabama
Treasury
National Fencibles
West Virginia
Cleveland
Washington Star
Smallest bicycle on record ordered for Count Magre
Count Magre, the 80 inch Italian husband of Tom Thumb's widow, ordered what will be the smallest bicycle on record. It features a 14 inch wheel and 12 inch frame, weighing under 10 pounds and costing $250 with special dies. Mrs Tom Thumb approved, and Magre, 47, remains married in public to her first husband’s name.
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Count Magre
Tom Thumb
Chicago Times-Herald
Concession Granted for Rich Guiana Lands to Capitalists
The Venezuelan government grants a large concession in the richest part of Guiana along the upper Orinoco to a syndicate of capitalists. The area lies in a region not claimed by Great Britain and is expected to attract United States colonization and development of its vast resources.
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Chicago
Government
Board of Trade
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Guiana
Orinoco
Great Britain
United States
John Bright Praised as Friend of the United States
In unveiling a statue in the central hall of Parliament the Duke of Devonshire called John Bright a great friend of the United States whose influence protected the friendship between the English speaking nations.
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John Bright
America
Parliament
Duke of Devonshire
Mr.right
United States
Elm at West Entrance of White House Fallen in Gale
A giant elm at the west entrance to the circular driveway tending to the White House for nearly a century uprooted and fell during the heavy gale the other morning.
New Bible Reader Aimed at Chicago Schools
The article describes a new Bible reader prepared for Chicago public schools to be nonoffensive to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and agnostics. It includes selections from Mark Psalms Proverbs and Isaiah with explanatory heads and a focus on accessible guidance for youth.
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Public Schools of
Chicago
David Swing
Board of Education
Mayor Challenged by Astoria Schoolboy in Exam Test
Eleven year old Frank H Ward of Astoria challenged Mayor Patrick Jerome Gleason of Long Island City to a competitive examination in arithmetic geography grammar spelling and writing. The boy, who attended the Astoria school and asked for former Principal Martin Joyce to be reinstated, named the county jail as a public building, prompting the mayor to score him and his principal.
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Patrick Jerome Gleason
Long Island City
Astoria
Frank H. Ward
Hoyt Avenue
Martin Joyce
Ward
Gleason
Philip J. Coffey
Newtown Creek
Lakewood
N. J
Lona Islanparry
Ben. P. J. Gleason
Long Islandry
Frank H. Warp
Pennant Idea Grows In West After Pittsburg Cleveland Meeting
A Pittsburg conference between Robinson and Tebean of the Cleveland club and Kerr and Mack of the Pittsburgs discussed pooling players. The plan aims to locate the 1896 pennant in the west by sharing surplus talent as the season advances. Plans to extend the arrangement to other western teams remain uncertain.
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Pittsburg
Robinson
Tebean
Cleveland Baseball Club
Kerr and Mack
Pittsburgs
A Novel Plan Aids Tramps Then Fees City Council
Springport Christian Endeavor members pledge to turn in a dollar earned each. Mrs. Jennie Clay captured two tramps after they demanded food and lodging, marched them to the village lockup, and billed the council 1 for arresting them. The council debated before paying.
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Springport
Mich
Christian Endeavor Society
Jennie Clay
Roentgen Rays Spark World Interest In X Rays
A collection of city papers weigh in on Professor Roentgen’s X ray discovery. Critics discuss practical uses and potential dangers while noting the novelty and amateur experiments. The tone mixes curiosity with humor and cautious optimism.
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